“We thought we’d fly in a day earlier and play. We did it for the grand final and played pretty well. We’ll see how that goes and hopefully it’s a good result.

“We’ll stay on WA time.

“The body clocks don’t get changed. To have breakfast at seven o’clock in the morning is 2am our time. That doesn’t work.

“We’ll stay on our time and treat it like an afternoon game.”

Both teams enter the match in solid form, having lost only one match each. However, the Wildcats’ loss did come on the road, — a thrashing in Cairns.

Perth’s big win over Sydney last Friday night allowed Gleeson the luxury of resting his stars during the match.

“We’ve got a deep squad and that helps to get the rotations in,” he said.

“Last week we spread the minutes pretty evenly.

“They’ll get asked for some pretty big minutes, the major players, this week.”

Tomorrow’s match will be the first since Matt Knight’s retirement and Gleeson said development player Rhys Vague would travel today.

The Wildcats’ options for replacing Knight have taken an interesting turn, with former Cairns and Townsville star Clint Steindl leaving Greek club Panionios. Steindl spent the pre-season with Perth and his fiancee Kayla Standish plays for the Perth Lynx.